Casper v. Walker

THE CHANCELLOR.

Ebenezer Peterson died in 1869, leaving his widow, Clarissa C., and bis daughter Amy, his only heirs at law, surviving. By his will he provided as follows: “ I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Clarissa C. Peterson, the sum of $4,000, the same to be put at interest in some safe investment, and secured to her during her natural life.” “Also, I give and bequeath unto my said wife the annual income of $400, to be paid half-yearly from the farm where I now reside, in the township of Lower Penn’s Neck, purchased of Thomas D. Bradway; the said income to be paid in full, without…